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Tank dimensions?   The syno needs identifying, there are plenty that need more than a 120x40cm footprint, plus some species are far more community friendly than others. For example, my ~22cm SL S. notatus is a gentle giant while my ~18cm SL S. budgetti is a bit of a rogue. It does not help that...

Kryptopterus vitreolus, like other "Glass catfish," should never be bought in such low numbers as a trio. 10+ is a must, they pine away in low numbers and so not do well. I have 25 Pareutropius mandevillei, a similar African midwater diurnal and highly social catfish.   If you have a QT, why did...

Seachem Safe is far better value for money these days, since the Prime price hike ~2 years ago in the UK. A 250g tub of Safe (which is concentrated powder form Prime) cost me ~£14, it will almost certainly last me into 2015 having had it ~6 months, running 5 (~1360l total) tanks with weekely...

These social catfish need far more numbers to feel secure, 10-15 minimum, just like my Pareutropius mandevillei (of which I have 25).

If it was introduced first and was a good size compared to the cichlid (>5cm, ideally closer to ~10cm), a Cameroon Fan Shrimp could work with Kribs.   However, some of your fish would struggle when a Krib pair decided to breed, for instance your insufficient size loach group and your male...

Which syno species? How long excluding tail fin?   Some synos do spend some or even most of the time upside down, not just the social Synodontis nigriventris. For example, my ~18cm SL Synodontis budgetti will often cruise the upper water flipped over.   However, being in the upper water can be a...

A fully gown, ~50cm SL BGK has no place in a 75g, these fish need something far more in line with a 300x100x100cm tank (given they have pretty inflexible bodies to turn corners, something wider and deeper would be better).   That size tank is fine for African Brown Knife Fish, which do well to...

Salt (upto 1g/l if nothing else salt ensitive in tank), meds and moderate heat (26-27C), lots and lots of water rippling to maximise oxygen levels in the heat.   Very possible/likely all tankmates are infected to some degree.

These two synos look absolutely plastered in Ich, just like how I found my six youngsters a couple of years ago.   I would use a divider such as the Penn Plaxx to seperate the two of them in the tank they are in, if you are sure they are fighting*, otherwise you are spreading the Ich to other...

I have 8 (I think!) species of Mochokidae catfish in my tanks, but I've never kept any Rift Lake synos to date, which is where the Synodontis multipunctatus originate (Lake Tanganyika).   How hard is your water? Rift Lake fish need hard alkaline water, while the other fish on your wishlist are...

Adding new Ctenopomas to a mature existing group can be a disaster, I did add a ~10cm SL specimen to my existing trio that were ~6cm SL at the time, because he was so much bigger they instantly accepted him.   Multiple African Butterfly Fish should be capable of living together if you have lots...

I would not put Tiger Barbs with my oddballs that include 1 African Butterfly (those long pectoral fins) and 3 Leopard Bushfish (will not take kindly to aggressive behaviour). Mine have a trio of young Distichodus altus and a mature Distichodus fasciolatus for midwater company, when I rehome my...

Body mass, for instance, you could probably fit ~20 Neon Tetra bodies inside the body of a ~10cm SL Hoplo Catfish.

Got a quarantine tank for the Neons? A ~60x30x30cm food grade plastic tub is fine as a QT for a few weeks with small new fish, not only to check for disease, but also to ensure they adapt to your fishkeeping as regards food and any water chemistry changes compared to the store.   It would not be...

Even if your bushfish are ~5cm (still babies, my 4-year olds are ~12cm SL) they can still extend their mouth to vacuum in ~1cm body fish (my ones can "yawn" to ~2cm or perhaps a fraction more), those Neons and Guppies are in real danger in the very near future.   But now things are far more...

+1   Amazon Aquatics (the real shop name of last-trading-post) in Warminster has a great reputation for plants going back years, by far the best independent fish store I've come across and regularly use.

That newer photo does not help.   Have a look at Phyllonemus typus, http://www.planetcatfish.com/common/species.php?species_id=306 , looking at your original photo it looks like the long barbel ends thicker, which is a good way to determine P. typus from these other catfish from Tanganyika.  ...

star, have you seen the enquiry you had about this tank elsewhere, dated 4th April?

Fun story, but thought I'd point out that Corydoras are meat eating fish, feeding them a vegetarian diet of algae wafers will cause health issues eventually! Something like New Era's "Tropical Pellets" (which are a lot more cost effective in 1.8Kg tubs) would be good for them and other tank...

In that tank, I'd be inclined to get at least one more, maybe two.   They will love that Maxijet powerhead, give it a try if you have not already and set it up so the strongest flow goes over some rocks/slates that the garras can grasp on to with the sucker below their lip. ;)

I know I would not trust my three 10-12cm SL Ctenopoma with a Platy, these days I would not risk them with anything streamlined besides my eldest remaining Ilyodon xantusi (goodeid) that has a deep body.   I'm not sure what my ~14cm SL African Knife is capable of taking down, but it does chase...

As above, out of water makes it tricky, but that head reminds me a lot of the Phyllonemus and Lophiobagrus genera (catfish from Lake Tanganyika).

Ivan Mikolji has loads of amazing video documentaries about wild Venezualan fish. https://www.youtube.com/user/fishfromvenezuela

You better stop keeping fish then. ;)   How do you think the ammonia processing bacteria get food if there is no ammonia to consume?

This forum has had members grow BGK babies to 50cm in less than two years in a 6x2x2 tank and then he had to rehome the fish because BGKs do not have a flexible body to turn corners easily, which means the tank needs to be rather deep and wide, so start planning where to put your 10x4x4. ;)

What are the dimensions of the tank? 30x30cm of tank floor per Panda Garra is a decent ballpark stocking, if you have a 120x30cm footprint tank or larger, get some more, if not kept as singletons they are less likely to bully each other in bigger groups in excess of trios. When they fight, they...

Besides the breeding comment at SeriouslyFish, where I suspect your comment about them being found by chance during tank maintenance came from, I've never come across reports anywhere else. My old group certainly did not show sign, but these were with the Barilius and African catfish at 22C, I...

A Rio180 is not going to solve the housing issues for life for your bigger fish, they will need another upgrade...   The tank is 101cm long, which is not long enough for RTBS that reach ~15cm Sl (so excluding their tail fin, just body), 120cm long is a minimum for life. The tank is 50cm high...

You will probably need to do another big water change, as in all but the last couple inches that keep the fish covered, your two 50% water changes would have dropped that 4ppm ammonia to ~1ppm at best if ammonia was under control. However, I suspect ammonia has continued to rise.   The exception...

Even if you have seeded this new tank with some media from your other tank, I would be very surprised for the 125l and its filter to be fully fishless cycled in the space of a few days!   What did you use to test for ammonia/nitrite/nitrate? Test strips or (well shaken) liquid test kits? What...

Heater thermostats do not always match the actual tank temperature to the number guage, even with high end tropical tolerant Cardinal Tetras, I would be wary of letting the temp raise to >32C.   Have you increased the water surface rippling (by raising the filter output or lowering the water...

Rosy Barbs are social; active; temperate (not tropical) fish. A group of their own kind (ideally 10+ imo) would by pretty much the whole stocking of a 120x30x30cm, if they were to stay in there for life.   Tinfoil Barbs variants are "tank buster" fish, just like Bala Sharks, they should reach...

Top photo looks like a pair of Steatocranus casuarius (the most common Blockhead/Buffalo Head Cichlid, there are 10+ species known, but not all turn up in the hobby) and perhaps two of their youngsters tagging behind.   Very quirky fish, often very shy without reassuring dithers and good as gold...

The tank needs to be at least 120cm long for a shark-minnow long term, ideally bigger.   How big is your Rainbow Shark? Like most shark-minnows, they start off "playing nicely" in a community, but as they get bigger (approaching their adult size of ~15cm SL) they become bolder and more...

In that case, 90cm long tank minimum, my standard Zebra Danios (which Glofish are a genetic variant of) make full use of my 120x30x30cm, they buzz around the whole tank all day long.

~19l for a mixed sex group of Guppies... Good luck with that idea when the females are dropping 20+ fry every month!

Difficult to suggest anything without a photo.   General care-wise, Ropefish should be in an escape-proof 5x2x2 as a minimum, they are not small fish. They also tend to do better in groups.   How long have you had the ropes? What other fish are with them?

5 Guppies can live in that tank for live without issue (unless you get a population explosion ;) ), but Corydoras sterbai need something much bigger for life, with a footprint (base) of at least 80x40cm or 90x30cm. Adult C. sterbai are quite chunky catfish as adults and they should be kept in...

It might be ill, but it might be simply down to having too few Corydoras sterbai.   I started with 12 a few years back, sadly two developed a milky fungal/bacterial infection and did not recover, but the other 10 tended to hand out together. When I then mixed them with 11 Brochis spendens, they...

Given what I talked about from your recent video thread, http://www.fishforums.net/index.php?/topic/431273-any-ideas-on-how-i-could-improve-my-tank/ , if you get this Roma 200 you ought to use this upgrade for the fish that need more space than your Roma 125.   However, even though it holds...